Today I remember many of the joys of my years of service in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Some of them brought me close to the history of the re-establishment of Catholic life in the country after the Reformation. I recall that the first meeting...
On Sunday 17 Attending the celebration were the local MP: Mike Freer, Cllr Alison Moore, three of the surviving past Parish Priests and two of the five vocations of the parish: Canon Mehall Lowry and Canon Robert Plourde. As well as Fr Peter...
At the end of a busy day of flights, trains and buses, the Diocese of Westminster has descended upon Lourdes for our annual pilgrimage. After three years affected by covid, this year sees a return to full strength with anywhere from 600 to 1,000...
Once again we have come as a diocese in pilgrimage to this holy place, a place where we know that Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother, appeared in 1858 to a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous. Mary's message to her was simple: 'I am the...